- Dr. Gary Ackerman
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Date: October 31, 2012, 9:25:16 AM EDT
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Early registration for Rick Wormeli extended until November 7!
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October 31, 2012 - Early Registration extended for Rick Wormeli We at NELMS hope everyone stayed safe during Hurricane Sandy. And for those that suffered damage may your recovery be quick and uneventful.
Early registration extended until November 7th!
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Common Core Common Sense:
Mastery, Assessment, Reporting, and RealityNovember 13 & 14, 2012
UMass Lowell's Inn & Conference Center
Lowell, MASome think if we just had clear, rigorous standards, such as the Common Core, all of our students would improve test scores and go to college. This hasn't happened in states who already have such standards, however, so there must be something more to it. Our professional responses to the Common Core and their assessment are key. Teachers and principals need the skills and insights to break down the Common Core, and any other curriculum that comes their way, and identify evidence they will tolerate as indicators of mastery. They need practicality on reporting that evidence of mastery as well as how to handle awkward assessment and grading situations that arise in increasingly diverse classrooms that are all supposed to make the same gains in the course of a single year.
As differentiation expert, Carol Ann Tomlinson, alludes, standards are the ingredients for dinner laid out on the kitchen counter, but they are NOT the meal itself. The meal is made by talented teachers knowing the ingredients well and understanding the academic, dietary needs of their students. These teachers proportion, mix, and cook those ingredients into something meaningful and serve the meal in such a way as students will eat wisely, and maybe, eagerly.
Join us for a provocative two-day seminar that explores these elements of highly effective teaching in the Common Core world. We'll also examine the roles of formative, summative, and common assessments, as well as how to set up a standards-based gradebook and many, "What do teachers do if…?" scenarios that arise when implementing any curriculum with standards-based grading, such as whether or not we can scaffold student learning when using the Common Core, what to do if students achieve the standards earlier than classmates, and what to do if students can express satisfactory evidence of standard but only through alternative assessment. Bring your questions and your wisdom to share – It's going to be a productive two days!
For more information and/or to register please click here.
Connecticut Association of Schools &
New England League of Middle Schools Present"Meeting the Demands of CCSS in the Middle(CCSS 101)"
December 7, 2012
CAS Offices, 30 Realty Drive, Cheshire, CT 06410Presenters: Jerry Belair, Charlene Tate Nichols, Amy Radikas, Cristi Alberino and Gail Pagano
Description:Using a backwards design approach, this conference is targeted to teach the substance of the CCSS as well as connect the standards to middle school philosophy and practice. Sample assessments will be used to demonstrate what the CCSS expects students to know and demonstrate on the SBAC assessment.
For more information and/or to register please click here.
NELMS 2012 Literacy Summit
Common Core Strategies For All
Middle School TeachersLiteracy Summit Day 1-November 2, 2012
Wyndham Andover Boston
123 Old River Rd., Andover, MA 01810Literacy Summit Day 2-December 7, 2012
Location same as Day 1
How to Implement the Common Core in Your
Middle School ClassroomWith the common core, literacy instruction is the responsibility of all content teachers - it is no longer an option, it is a necessity. At the summit you will learn practical comprehension, vocabulary and writing strategies that all teachers can implement immediately to meet the Common Core standards. In addition, you can learn a practical and effective framework to develop a district or school wide literacy plan that will help guide Common Core instructional implementation.
NELMS is partnering with Keys to Literacy to bring you the Literacy Summit. We selected Keys to Literacy because their programs are an effective way to implement the Common Core in the classroom. We have organized the Literacy Summit around these programs to provide participants a practical, easy to implement and effective way to meet the Common Core objectives.
Summit Presenters
Elissa Arndt, Ph.D.
Elissa is a speech-language pathologist and reading specialist with experience providing instruction and intervention in language and literacy to students Prek-8th. She received her bachelor's degree from Gordon College, her master's degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions and her doctorate degree in Reading and Language Arts from Florida State University. Prior to working at Keys to Literacy, Elissa was a curriculum and intervention specialist at the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the graduate education department at Gordon College teaching graduate classes on reading foundations, adolescent literacy, instruction, assessment, and intervention.
Lisa Klein, M.Ed
During Lisa's 15-year career as an educator, she has been a classroom teacher in private and public schools, a literacy trainer, and a Reading Specialist. She has held several positions in both urban and suburban schools in the Palm Beach County, Florida school system. Lisa is a literacy consultant providing guidance on both Reading and Writing curriculum. In addition, she also worked for a publishing company presenting teacher training for district-wide adoptions across the state of Florida. Lisa graduated from Rivier College with a M.Ed. in Reading and B.A. in Elementary Education and Special Education.
For more information about the agenda and/or to register please click here.
Save the date for the NELMS 32nd Annual Conference
April 4 & 5, 2013 • RI Convention Center • Providence, RI
Tom Burton - Keynote - Thursday April 4, 2013
Carol Ann Tomlinson - Keynote - Friday April 5, 2013
Rick Wormeli
Nov. 13 & 14, 2012Literacy Summit
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